The Anatomical Components of Urinary Continence

European Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 932-944

  Wallner, Christian ^a   Dabhoiwala, Noshir F ^a   DeRuiter, Marco C ^b   Lamers, Wouter H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomy; External urethral sphincter muscle; Levator ani muscle; Urinary continence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MICTURITION; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC FLOOR; URETHRA; URINATION;

EID: 60249090840     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.08.032     Document Type: Article

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